Section 27-210-45A-108 - PERS Medical Board1. The Board of Trustees may designate a medical board to be composed of three physicians or may contract with another governmental agency or nongovernmental disability determination service that is qualified to make disability determinations. If required, other physicians may be engaged to report on special cases. A physician shall be considered a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy with a license to prescribe drugs.2. The Board of Trustees authorizes the executive director to appoint special medical board members on a case-by-case basis to serve in the absence of one or more board-appointed medical board members or where a board-appointed Medical Board member may have a conflict of interest. Such special appointments to the Medical Board shall be limited but shall continue for the duration of the claim or claims upon which determinations have been made by such special appointed member.27 Miss. Code. R. 210-45A-108